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On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:50:09 -0400, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article <wdKdnbvU_docTzPfRVn-ug@comcast.com>):
> Ty Ford wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:00:22 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote
>> (in article <d8k726$ha5$1@panix2.panix.com>):
>>
>>> The Horta <horta@janus6.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I want a faithful package the is capable of recording
> the BEST
>>>> sound quality -- which I assume is the CODECs job -- but
> I just
>>>> don't know if I'll HAVE to get a Protools-like package
> and live
>>>> with the overkill or if there is another option that
> will simply
>>>> give me what I need with few options beyond that.
>>>>
>>>> Sound quality is the MOST important. I can live with the
> overkill
>>>> features if I have to.
>>>
>>> For the most part, avoiding software with the overkill
> features is
>>> going to be an advantage to you. If you get a simple
> recording
>>> application (and Cool Edit seems to be a reasonable one
> for Windows),
>>> the chance that what goes in is the same thing that comes
> out is
>>> a lot better than with something like Protools, where
> there are a lot
>>> of opportunities for things to go wrong, either because
> the software
>>> is doing hidden processing, or because of user error
> leaving some
>>> processing turned on.
>>>
>>> That is, your goal is just to make sure that what comes
> out of the
>>> editor is what went in.
>>> --scott
>>>
>>>
>>
>> On the other hand, try finding a hard drive under 100 MB.
>
> Ty, you mean 100GB? ;-)
No MB. I have an 80 MB LaCie HD. You can't buy them new. That was my point.
Ty
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:50:09 -0400, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article <wdKdnbvU_docTzPfRVn-ug@comcast.com>):
> Ty Ford wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:00:22 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote
>> (in article <d8k726$ha5$1@panix2.panix.com>):
>>
>>> The Horta <horta@janus6.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I want a faithful package the is capable of recording
> the BEST
>>>> sound quality -- which I assume is the CODECs job -- but
> I just
>>>> don't know if I'll HAVE to get a Protools-like package
> and live
>>>> with the overkill or if there is another option that
> will simply
>>>> give me what I need with few options beyond that.
>>>>
>>>> Sound quality is the MOST important. I can live with the
> overkill
>>>> features if I have to.
>>>
>>> For the most part, avoiding software with the overkill
> features is
>>> going to be an advantage to you. If you get a simple
> recording
>>> application (and Cool Edit seems to be a reasonable one
> for Windows),
>>> the chance that what goes in is the same thing that comes
> out is
>>> a lot better than with something like Protools, where
> there are a lot
>>> of opportunities for things to go wrong, either because
> the software
>>> is doing hidden processing, or because of user error
> leaving some
>>> processing turned on.
>>>
>>> That is, your goal is just to make sure that what comes
> out of the
>>> editor is what went in.
>>> --scott
>>>
>>>
>>
>> On the other hand, try finding a hard drive under 100 MB.
>
> Ty, you mean 100GB? ;-)
No MB. I have an 80 MB LaCie HD. You can't buy them new. That was my point.
Ty
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com
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